Category: Ignites Europe

Esma ups pressure on regulators to tackle excessive fund fees – Ignites Europe

Europe’s markets watchdog is stepping up its efforts to stop funds charging excessive fees to investors by putting pressure on … Continue reading Esma ups pressure on regulators to tackle excessive fund fees – Ignites Europe →

Performance fee data published by Fitz Partners this month indicates that the average performance fee rate charged by funds in Europe has … Continue reading European performance fee rate reaches 17% – Ignites Europe →

Schroders says its UK funds must reach at least £1bn (€1.1bn) in assets before the benefits of economies of scale … Continue reading Schroders’ £1bn fund breakpoint ‘way too high’ – Ignites Europe →

Invesco has decided to cut fees on a range of UK-domiciled funds, as the firm assesses the value of the … Continue reading Invesco cuts fees on UK range as board assesses value – Ignites Europe →

The UK financial regulator has extended the deadline for annual fund value assessments by two months, to give managers leeway … Continue reading FCA pushes back deadline for fund value assessments – Ignites Europe →

Europe’s markets watchdog is pushing ahead with plans to limit the ability of funds with high-watermark performance fee structures to … Continue reading Esma curbs high-watermark performance fees – Ignites Europe →

Policymakers had been considering whether inducements for the provision of retail investment products should be banned across the EU, as … Continue reading Esma rejects EU-wide ban on inducements – Ignites Europe →

The UK’s financial watchdog has urged fund boards to actively challenge investment managers over the value they deliver to retail … Continue reading UK fund boards must ‘challenge’ firms, warns FCA – Ignites Europe →

“Merian Global Investors’ UK fund board is to review the pricing structure of its funds to ensure that cost savings … Continue reading Merian to review fee structures following value assessment – Ignites Europe →

Questions have been raised over whether investors in funds that levy fixed fees are receiving value for money after research … Continue reading Questions raised over value of funds with fixed fees – Ignites Europe →